Sam vs George

GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Sam Burden

1:24:42 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
3028th of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

George Ponniah

1:18:20 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
1389th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more

Sam: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · George: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
SamGeorgeedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Sam and George sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Sam: strongest on Ski (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 30%).George: strongest on Lunges (faster than 73% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 41%).

See the numbers
Part Sam: faster than George: faster than
Ski 88% 55%
Push 83% 48%
Pull 66% 41%
BBJ 36% 69%
Row 73% 60%
Carry 57% 49%
Lunges 30% 73%
Wall balls 42% 66%
Roxzone 52% 67%
Runs 37% 60%

Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.

Part by part

Part Sam George
SkiErg 88% 55%
Sled push 83% 48%
Sled pull 66% 41%
Burpee broad jump 36% 69%
Row 73% 60%
Farmers carry 57% 49%
Sandbag lunges 30% 73%
Wall balls 42% 66%
Roxzone (moving) 52% 67%
Runs (8 km) 37% 60%

The share of their own field each athlete beat on that segment, at the race named on the left. Higher is better; green marks the better of the two. A dash means no split was published.

Those races as one bar each

Sam · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:24:42
3:104:293:412:224:084:234:156:114:244:434:421:594:346:006:227:5211:36
George · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:18:20
5:084:314:233:224:424:524:404:434:454:434:422:094:394:244:506:105:45
RunsStationsRoxzone (moving between stations)

This chart draws the race in order, left to right: each 1 km run (blue), each station (yellow) and the roxzone (grey), sized by its time.Sam · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 35:16 running, 37:59 at the stations and 11:36 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:52).Below, George · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 37:49 running, 34:55 at the stations and 5:45 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:10).

See the numbers
Part Sam · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men George · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 3:10 5:08
SkiErg 4:29 4:31
Run 2 3:41 4:23
Sled push 2:22 3:22
Run 3 4:08 4:42
Sled pull 4:23 4:52
Run 4 4:15 4:40
Burpee broad jump 6:11 4:43
Run 5 4:24 4:45
Row 4:43 4:43
Run 6 4:42 4:42
Farmers carry 1:59 2:09
Run 7 4:34 4:39
Sandbag lunges 6:00 4:24
Run 8 6:22 4:50
Wall balls 7:52 6:10
Roxzone 11:36 5:45
Finish 1:24:42 1:18:20

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Sam George Gap
London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 1:24:42 1:24:42 level
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